“Sometimes the ground beneath us shifts so we can discover where our true roots are.” ~Dava Harvey

Evicted. The word stared up at me from the letter in my hands.

It was the summer of 2022, near the tail end of the Covid pandemic, when life was supposed to be settling back into normal—or so my husband and I had hoped.

I read the letter again. My chest tightened.

We’d always paid our rent on time. We’d never broken the terms of our lease.

Our landlord was selling the property. After nearly ten years, we’d have to pack up all …